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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bessède, Emilie
• Delcamp, Adline
• Sifré, Elodie
• Buissonnière, Alice
• Mégraud, Francis

Titel

New Methods for Detection of Campylobacters in Stool Samples in Comparison to Culture

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2011-03, Vol.49 (3), p.941-944

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Campylobacter species, especially Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, are a major cause of human bacterial enteritis. Current detection in stools is done essentially by culture on selective and nonselective media with filtration. These methods were compared to 2 molecular biology methods, an in-house real-time PCR and a multiplex PCR named Seeplex Diarrhea ACE Detection, and 3 immunoenzymatic methods, Premier Campy, RidaScreen Campylobacter, and ImmunoCard Stat!Campy. Out of 242 stool specimens tested, 23 (9.5%) fulfilled the positivity criteria, i.e., they were positive by one or both culture methods or, in case of a negative culture, by a positive molecular method and a positive immunoenzymatic method. The striking feature of this study is the low sensitivity of culture, in the range of 60%, in contrast to immunoenzymatic and molecular tests.